Disposable tooth cleaning kit



Nov. 30, 1948. E. M. comm 2,454,995

DISPOSABLE TOOTH CLEANING KIT Filed Dec. 13, 1946 I6 I5 I0 & iszzzzg I13 I! I2 Inventor E Iwobd M. Curran Patented Nov. 30, 1948 -UNlTEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE 2,454,995 DISPOSABLE TOOTH CLEANIN G KIT Elwood M.Curran, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application December 13, 1946, Serial No. 716,119

This invention relates to a disposable tooth cleaning kit and has forits primary object'to contribute to the comfort and convenience of thepublic in general.

It is not infrequent tofind among the fastidious public those personswho desire to preserve at all times the satisfaction enjoyed throughdental hygiene, but due to the inconvenience of carrying the necessaryequipment find themselves neglecting the operations normally conductedat home.

This invention is to provide the equipment necessary to preserve thedental hygiene desired by enabling those fastidious persons to procurethe equipment either through vending machines or over the counter salein public places.

The above and other objects may be attained by employing this inventionwhich embodies among its features a disposable tooth cleaning kitcomprising a brush head, a handle attached to the brush head andextending from one end thereof in longitudinal alignment therewith, saidhandle having a pair of spaced parallel scores in spaced relation to thehead, a container containing tooth cleansing compound lying on thehandle between the head and the score nearest thereto, and the handlebeing bent along the scores to overlie the container and the head toform a guard therefor.

Other features include an elongated rectangular packet for thetoothbrush and the container.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view of a packet and the kit, showing thepacket opened and the kitpartially extracted therefrom Figure 2 is aside view of the cleansing kit after it has been withdrawn from thepacket;

Figure 3 is an end view of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 2 showing the brush handle extendedand the tooth cleansing compound container removed, and

Figure 5 is a plan view of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawings-in detail, a brush head designated generally IDis shown as composed of a pad II in which tufts of bristles l2 areanchored in any suitable manner.

Attached to the 'brush head III is a handle designated generally l3comprising a strip .of material such as stiff cardboard or the like Itto one end of which the head I0 is cemented or otherwise rigidlysecured. Formed in the 2 Claims. (Cl. 132-84) ventional cap 20. Theonlydifference between body i l in spaced relation to the head ID are 2the bristles l2 so that will overlie the bristles 12 to form a guardtherefor.

When the handle is in folded position as'illustrated in Figure 2' asuitable container designated generally I8 for a tooth cleansingcompound is placed on the body It adjacent the head J0, to lie'betweenthe head and the nearest. score l5. In the drawings, the container l8comprises a collapsible tube [9 closed by a conthe collapsible tube l9and those commonly employed being in its miniature size.

The entire unit or kit is to be enclosed in a suitable dirt and dustproof packet 2| so that the sanitary conditions of the brush may bepreserved, and due to the small size of the kit it may easily betransported in pocket of. the user.

One desiring to make use of the kit may procure it in the ordinarymanner from a vending machine or over the counter with the toothbrushand container sealed in the packet 2| against contact with dust, dirtand germs. When it is desired to make use of the kit the packet pose itsdisposal may be accomplished simply by breaking the handle [3 along thescore marks and depositing it along with the brush and the container I8in any convenient waste. receptacle.

Due to the small size of the kit it is obvious that it may readily bedeposited in the pocket or purse of the user so that one desiring topreserve the hygienic conditions of the mouth may be provided with thefacilities so to do.

While in the foregoing'there has been shown and described the preferredembodiment of this invention it is to be understood that minor changesin the details of construction, combination andarrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

I claim:

when the body l4 forming, the handle I8- is bent along the scores asillustrated in Figure 2 the end ll of the body the purse or bristles andthe score'nearest thereto and the 10 handle being bent along the scores,to overlie the container and the bristles to form a guard therefor.

2. A disposable tooth cleaning kit comprising a tooth brush head, ahandle attached to the brush head and extending from one end thereof inlongitudinal alignment therewith, said handle having a pair of spacedparallel scores extending transversely thereof in spaced relation to thehead, a container containing tooth cleansing compound lying' on thehandle between the head and the score nearest thereto and the handlebeing ben along the scores to overlie the container and the head to forma guard therefor, and an elongated rectangular packet for the toothbrush and the container.

ELWOOD CURRAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENT, s

Number Name Date 1,636,836 Read July 26, 1927 2,077,758 Johnson Apr. 20,1937 2,379,600 Smith et a1. July 3, 1945

